Thursday, February 3, 2011

Taco High

I saw this Jack in the Box commercial the other day:

So what is the deal with this guy? He's incoherent, his speech is halting, he's apparently got the munchies, and he's trying to communicate with inanimate objects. I realize that Jack in the Box has subtly been changing its marketing strategy, but is it now going for the druggie market?

Just who is this Gallery guy?

The Gallery of the Absurd is a repository of weird--but real--advertisements, labels, and signs. It began in 1996 as a simple website of scanned images and sarcastic commentary, featuring such specialty pages as "The Annoying J. Crew Model of the Week," "The Arch Deluxe Hate Page," "Clowns Are Scary," and "Jenny McCarthy, Enough Is Enough!" Due to massive audience feedback and contributions, The Gallery quickly grew in popularity, winning the 1997 Webby Award in the "Weird" category. After a brief hiatus, it is back as a blog, so folks can now easily get their daily fix of the warm and creamy goodness that is contemporary marketing.